Gavin Newsom

News about Gavin Newsom, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 12, 2015

California Lt Gov Gavin Newsom, a former mayor of San Francisco, says he will start raising money to run for governor in 2018, a position he has long sought. MORE

Oct. 18, 2013

American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and Lt Gov Gavin Newsom announce that he will lead a panel of medical, legal and law enforcement experts who plan to spend the next 18 to 24 months studying how the state can tax and regulate legal marijuana sales in an effective way. MORE

Dec. 21, 2012

Recreational marijuana use in California, despite fact that it is still technically illegal, is losing whatever stigma it once had; people from all walks of society, including community and public leaders, are openly using drug both at home and in public; many officials, including California's lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom, support its legalization. MORE

October 18, 2013, Friday

Al Jazeera plans to remake Current into an international news channel with newscasts from New York and Al Jazeera's headquarters in Doha, Qatar. The hosts and their staffs, however, haven't been told what that means for them.